The 6-foot-3 guard scored 34 points in his final game for
Inglewood, an 84-65 loss to
Damien (La Verne) in the first round of California's Division 1 state tournament.
Crowe became California's all-time leading scorer in a 112-75 victory
over Beverly Hills in December when he poured in 51 points to surpass
previous record-holder Tounde Yessoufou, who gradated from
St. Joseph (Santa Maria) last
season with 3,659 points.
High-scoring guard Jason Crowe Jr. piled up nearly 1,400 points during his senior season. (FILE PHOTO: Scott Farrell)
The California scoring king is the nation's leading scorer this season with averages of 43.6 points per game to go along with 5.9 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 steals. According to stats submitted to MaxPreps, he shot 52.1 percent from the field, 41.5 percent from 3-point range and 91.0 percent from the free throw line.
Crowe Jr. surpassed over 100 players on the national scoring list this season including prominent names like Monta Ellis, O.J. Mayo, Robert Parish, DaJuan Wagner, Coby White and Louis Williams.
The highly-decorated Crowe earned MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year honors in 2022-23, second team MaxPreps Sophomore All-America honors in 2023-24 and first team MaxPreps Junior All-America honors in 2024-25.
For his career, Crowe averaged 38.1 points, 5.8 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals across 124 games. He spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at
Lynwood before transferring to Inglewood prior to his junior year.
Crowe finished the season ranked among the top 40 per-game scorers in high school basketball history and third in state history behind Mike Fisher of
Southwestern Academy (San Marino), who averaged 47.5 points per game in 1991, and Tracy Murray of
Glendora, who averaged 44.2 points per contest in 1989.
Inglewood (28-6) was among the nation's highest-scoring teams this season, averaging 94.9 points per contest and topping the century mark 11 times.
Damien (28-7) advances to the second round of the Division 1 state tournament where it will face
Crespi (Encino) on Thursday.
